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tion possesses in the parks. These areas have been pre- 
served from the vandal hand of the builder for the use and 
enjoyment of the public, who may take their holidays there 
and keep close to nature under the most comfortable condi- 
tions, amassing a store of health which will make them 
better able to cope with the strenuous life to which they 
return after their vacation.” 
PROVINCIAL RESERVES FOR GAME AND WILD LIFE 
All the provinces of Canada with the exception of Prince 
Edward Island and Nova Scotia have now established game 
reserves for the protection of their game and fur-bearing 
animals and wild life generally. 
New Brunswick Game Reserve-—In New Brunswick such 
excellent conditions existed for the creation of a game re- 
serve in the central portion of the province, and the need 
of such a means of maintaining an area where absolute 
protection might be provided for wild life became so great, 
that the Commission of Conservation actively promoted 
the establishment of such a provincial reserve, and the pro- 
posal received the unanimous approval of the sportsmen 
and the strong support of the New Brunswick Guides’ 
Association. 
It is gratifying, therefore, to be able to include the prov- 
ince of New Brunswick among those provinces possessing 
game reserves, for in the spring of 1919 the New Brunswick 
government passed a ‘“‘Game Refuge Act,” providing for 
the setting aside of a suitable tract of land not exceeding 
400 square miles, ‘‘as a refuge for game animals, birds and 
fish of the Province.” In this provincial game reserve the 
law forbids trespassing, hunting, or trapping, and provision 
is made for the protection of the timber and the prohibition 
of fishing. 
The tract of land selected as the New Brunswick Game 
